Time to move to ESPHome?
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So I have been a user of MySensors for as long as I can rememeber, probably 12 - 15 years. I am so gratteful to the peoplie that developed and nutured a complex system in a simple way.
I have hit a juncture - my gateway has failed.
Due to system location I need the wifi ethernet gateway,and have used a Lolin NodeMCU V3 for years. Now I need to reflash and I cannot get it to flash and operate with any software or IDE mix.Is there a table of known variants of working Arduino IDE and boards and MySensors library that work together?
Alternatives to MySensors such as ESPhome will work for me, but losing the nRF2401 is going to be difficult, its robust and has worked almost flawlessly, I aslo dont wish rebuild 8 different projects around the house.
I can move to a ESP32, but the code so far fails to compile. I can use a D1 mini, lots of choice but almost no compatibility.
Any one got ideas?
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I have a solution for you. I call it the Wireless Serial Cable
It is a ESP device (eg. ESP-12F) flashed with the SBBridge version of Tasmota. Connected to it serially is an Arduino nano that is programmed as a serial bridge. The MySensors Home Assistant integration handles the other end.
All for about US$10.
Let me know if this works for you. I hope it does.
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I just couldn't get into ESPHome. It seems like a good idea. IMHO, though, MySensors and/or Tasmota pretty much covers everything I do.
